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The gold of the Incas deserved better

"L'or des Incas"

"L'or des Incas"

… Much better than the “Pinacothèque”, in Paris. From September 10 to February 6, the Paris museum offers a collection of nearly 300 pieces – pottery, jewelry, fabrics … – from 3000 years of history. This is one of the first shortcuts of the exhibition, which announces “the gold of the Incas”, while the Incas only cover a very small minority of the collection.

But this is not the most important. We can obviously appreciate the effort of the exhibition to share the knowledge of civilizations that preceded the Incas (Mochica, Huari, Sipan …) Continue reading

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The forbidden wedding of Guzman and Iparraguirre

File photo of Shining Path guerrilla leader Guzman and Yparraguirre at a high security naval prison in Callao

They used to fight for the revolution… Now they fight for their wedding! Abimael Guzman and Elena Iparraguirre could begin a hunger-strike because the Peruvian authorities refuse them to marry. They were two of the most searches revolutionaries in the world before they were arrested together in 1992. Abimael Guzman founded the Shining Path that terrorized Peru during three decades. Continue reading

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Peru, the new place to eat

A ceviche with the national beverage Inca Kola / Adrimcm - Flickr.com

A ceviche with the national beverage Inca Kola / Adrimcm - Flickr.com

International trends have something unpredictable. but sometimes they are very rational. Look at the cooking fashion. a few years ago, Chinese food arrived all around the world with Chinese migrants and the active part China took in the globalization. Then Japanese restaurants opened in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Paris and Dubai as everybody in the world was interested by healthy food and fresh products. This trend has not finished but people are always searching for something else. Continue reading

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